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house speaker boehner promises a vote tomorrow followed by another vote in less than two weeks on the remaining $51 million. it was a move forced in large part by governors of two very blue states. >> disaster relief was something that you didn't play games with, but now in this current game. it's why american people hates congress. >> cuomo echoed his counterparts. >> ask any family in linden hurst, rockaways, and staten island if the delay bothers them and then step back after you ask the question. >> reporter: mayor michael bloomberg was more tempered in his reaction. cuomo and christy showed they could flex considerable political muscle and pressure republicans to hold a vote this friday. the empire and garden states vote democratic but the regions' vast well offers coffers of politics from both parties. >> in real term as what does this money mean. >> to be able to help small businesses on the shore and elsewhere on the shore up and running. huge difference. help people get back in their homes, huge difference. to know if we can replenish the beaches and rebuild the beaches. >> r
house speaker boehner promises a vote tomorrow followed by another vote in less than two weeks on the remaining $51 million. it was a move forced in large part by governors of two very blue states. >> disaster relief was something that you didn't play games with, but now in this current game. it's why american people hates congress. >> cuomo echoed his counterparts. >> ask any family in linden hurst, rockaways, and staten island if the delay bothers them and then step back...
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it was only a short while ago that john boehner was called a dictator. with the deadline looming the goal appears to be to shield most american taxpayers from automatic tax increase. now, the president's already agreed to raise income taxes on americans earning more than $400,000. that's up from his $250,000 goal set in the campaign, and there's also an effort to extend jobless pen fits for americans out of work for six months or more. >> major, do we have any reason to believe that this time it is different? >> well, certainly. the deadline is real. the house is coming back into session on sunday. even is going to be here either to preside over america going over the fiscal cliff or last-minute very small deal that averted for a while and leaves more negotiations for the future. >> major garrett, thank you very much. general norman schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition for the gulf war died yesterday. he tricked and outflanked saddam hussein's forces in just 101 hours. he gave this famous reply to a question about the iraqi leader. >> as far as saddam
it was only a short while ago that john boehner was called a dictator. with the deadline looming the goal appears to be to shield most american taxpayers from automatic tax increase. now, the president's already agreed to raise income taxes on americans earning more than $400,000. that's up from his $250,000 goal set in the campaign, and there's also an effort to extend jobless pen fits for americans out of work for six months or more. >> major, do we have any reason to believe that this...
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it will take some doing for boehner and reid to get along. it was only yesterday on the senate floor that harry reid called john boehner a dictator. in the past these meetings haven't produced much progress. the goal appears to be to shield most americans from automatic tax increases due to eat into their paychecks starting next week in the form of federal income tax withholding. the president has agreed to raisin come taxes on americans over $400,000. also an effort to extend jobless benefits for america's out of work for six months or more. these are microscopic goals but might be all that the political system with accomplish. >> major, do we have any reason to believe that this time it is different? >> certainly because the deadline is real the house is coming back in session on sunday. everyone is going to be here either to preside over america going over the fiscal cliff and all of us watching it together orr last minute small deal that averts it for a while and leaves more negotiations for the future. >> major garrett thank you very muc
it will take some doing for boehner and reid to get along. it was only yesterday on the senate floor that harry reid called john boehner a dictator. in the past these meetings haven't produced much progress. the goal appears to be to shield most americans from automatic tax increases due to eat into their paychecks starting next week in the form of federal income tax withholding. the president has agreed to raisin come taxes on americans over $400,000. also an effort to extend jobless benefits...
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wouldn't you have been better off with the deal that boehner first came up with? at least you would have gotten spending cuts. >> no. the president was never serious about spending cuts. that's $300 billion over ten years. that's a joke as well. this required a big deal on taxes, on spending, and everybody's afraid to make the deal. >> congressman, a lot of people are in a rally because they canceled the plans for a leaf package on victims of superstorm sandy. why the reversal? >> i called them chuckle heads and i'll call them chuckle heads again. the same jettisons on plan "b" on this tax discussion a week ago said this $60 billion isn't paid for and because it's not paid for, we're not going to do anything about it. i guess they don't have tvs in their homes and they haven't seen the suffering on staten island and the coastal new jersey. that doesn't make any sense to me. an emergency is an emergency. these are americans who are suffering. we should have had the vote. and, you know, i talked to the speaker in the cloakroom last night at 11:00. he says he's going
wouldn't you have been better off with the deal that boehner first came up with? at least you would have gotten spending cuts. >> no. the president was never serious about spending cuts. that's $300 billion over ten years. that's a joke as well. this required a big deal on taxes, on spending, and everybody's afraid to make the deal. >> congressman, a lot of people are in a rally because they canceled the plans for a leaf package on victims of superstorm sandy. why the reversal?...
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you had speaker boehner going one way on the fiscal cliff deal. you had majority leader eric cantor going another way. there seems to be a split inside the party. >> and you hear it in the grassroots. you hear it all across the country. the republican party historically has been against raising taxes. but viewers should know that 98.5% of americans are going to get a permanent tax cut and that even grover norquist the leader in the anti-tax movement has said that this isn't a tax increase. you're correct, that there are schisms within the gop that did not exist before but that's what a new congress does. and if the focus turns from tax policy to spending i think that you'll find that the republicans will unite. >> yeah, but i think part of the criticism as you know frank, is that here's a republican party that agreed to tax cuts but got no spending cuts and no entitlement reform out of this president, that it wasn't a great deal after all. >> and that's -- and the american people would agree with that. norah, you're correct. and so they're going t
you had speaker boehner going one way on the fiscal cliff deal. you had majority leader eric cantor going another way. there seems to be a split inside the party. >> and you hear it in the grassroots. you hear it all across the country. the republican party historically has been against raising taxes. but viewers should know that 98.5% of americans are going to get a permanent tax cut and that even grover norquist the leader in the anti-tax movement has said that this isn't a tax...
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wouldn't you have been better off if boehner accepted the first deal with obama? at least you would have gotten some spending cuts. >> no, the president was never serious about spending cuts and the president's spending cuts put $300 billion over ten years, that's a joke as well. this required a big deal on taxes, on spending and everybody's afraid to make the deal. >> congressman a lot of people are outraged the house canceled its plan to vote on a relief package for victims of superstorm sandy. senator schumer called it heartless. why was there a reverse? >> the reverse came about basically the same i call them chuckleheads and i'll call them chuckleheads again, the same chuckleheads that jet ison planned b a week ago said the $60 billion or 27 and 33 isn't paid for and because it's not paid for we're not going to do anything about it. i guess they don't have tvs in their homes and they haven't seen the suffering on staten island and coastal new jersey. it doesn't make any sense to me. an emergency is an emergency. these are americans who are suffering. we shoul
wouldn't you have been better off if boehner accepted the first deal with obama? at least you would have gotten some spending cuts. >> no, the president was never serious about spending cuts and the president's spending cuts put $300 billion over ten years, that's a joke as well. this required a big deal on taxes, on spending and everybody's afraid to make the deal. >> congressman a lot of people are outraged the house canceled its plan to vote on a relief package for victims of...
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entitlement cuts that the president was trying to work out with speaker boehner. republicans seem to have accepted that they're running out of time on that front. democrats have appeared to have accepted that they're going to become a big bargaining chip in the next fight coming up which is over the debt ceiling coming up in january and february. >> nancy cordes, thank you. more than $100 billion of cuts would also kick in. they're getting ready for those across the board-cuts. major, what exactly is the white house doing to prepare? >> reporter: good morning, norah and anthony. today the administration is in the final statements of preparing layoff notices it will deliver later today and out this week to a wide array of government agencies, this to comply with across the board spending cuts. now agency will decide which employees to lay off and when. another thing the administration is doing is to send out notices to can sell or delay government contracts. they're in negotiations themselves. they appear to be stalled but it's kind of a team effort here at the whi
entitlement cuts that the president was trying to work out with speaker boehner. republicans seem to have accepted that they're running out of time on that front. democrats have appeared to have accepted that they're going to become a big bargaining chip in the next fight coming up which is over the debt ceiling coming up in january and february. >> nancy cordes, thank you. more than $100 billion of cuts would also kick in. they're getting ready for those across the board-cuts. major,...
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republicans have come way down from speaker boehner's insistence that that limit be set at a million dollars. and so if there's a deal today, and that's a big "if," you can expect it would be set around $400,000, $500,000, $600,000 a sopyea cerr, staino certainly 90%, 95% of americans would be keeping their tax cut. one of the biggest sticking points for the republicans right now appears that this deal doesn't include significant spending cuts. in fact, it contains a lot of new spending and so that is one major issue that's going to have to be to birone ired oonedut. out. and if they don't get an agreement today by the deadline, the big question, norah, is do the two sides continue to work together, go over the cliff, but continue talks and perhaps come to an agreement sometime in the next few days, or do democrats give up on those talks, introduce their own bill here in the senate, and hope that it passes? we'll wait and see. see. >> nancy cordes, thanks, nancy. >>> there are new health issues this morning for secretary of state hillary clinton.ew health she's hospitalized for treat
republicans have come way down from speaker boehner's insistence that that limit be set at a million dollars. and so if there's a deal today, and that's a big "if," you can expect it would be set around $400,000, $500,000, $600,000 a sopyea cerr, staino certainly 90%, 95% of americans would be keeping their tax cut. one of the biggest sticking points for the republicans right now appears that this deal doesn't include significant spending cuts. in fact, it contains a lot of new...